HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Start: 12/13/2012

220130150035 · 12/13/2012 · Brooks Run Mining Company LLC

Details

Degree of injury: PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Electrician, Lineman
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: AMPUTATION OR ENUCLEATION
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 16
Mine experience: 12 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.
Operator: Brooks Run Mining Company LLC
Mine: 4609353

Narrative

Two employees were replacing bucket on a 488 scoop. Injured employee stated that he was having trouble lining up the hinge pin in the bucket hinge and was using bare finger to find out why there was misalignment. The bucket shifted causing the fingertip to be pinched between the hinges

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown